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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
VOLUME XVII-No. 9
COLUMBUS, OHIO, A! \KC1I i, 1934.
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By the Way By David Schwartz
Friend of Herzl
Ihc Jewish papers carried the story cf the death of Dr. Yorkc-Stciner in Tel Aviv.
With his death there passed one of the oaks of the Zionist  movement—one of the closest confidants of Thcodor Herzl. Zionists throughout  the  world—those intimate with the story of  the earliest daiys of  the movement—grieved  at tlie news of his parting. Ill Tel Aviv, the grief was universal. But strangest of all, perhaps, is the fact—that in a town of Ohio, a Christian college professor—and a former Chris¬ tian preacher—perhaps fcU the loss most painfully.
A Christian college professor wept as the news of the death of this friend of Herzl who had died in Tel Aviv was broiiKht to him.
His  BrotSicr I'or  the  Christian  professor  is  none ' other   than   Dr.   lixlward   A.   Steiner, brother of Dr.'Yorke-Steiner.
Dr, Edvvard A. Steiner is perhaps the most noted Jevyish convert to Christian¬ ity that America hag produced. , Dr. Steiner is the author of a number of books and a teacher in an Ohio college, I do not believe it can be said of Dr. Steiner, as in the case of many Jewish apostates, that his apostacy was due to any mercenary reasons.'
I do not know the reasons. I could speculate on them buf it would serve no purpose to do so here, and in the absence of any definite knowledge, it would be Unfair.
Return to the Fold 'However, one story has come to my cars—I cannot vouch for its authenticity —except to say that the man who told it to me bears a perfectly good reputa¬ tion for veracity and had met the fa¬ mous Zionist, Dr. Yorke-Steiner; in per¬ son.
According to this man's story,'Dr. Ed¬ ward A, Steinei- in recent years had re¬ pented his quitting the j;ewish fold and had written to Dr. Yorke-Steiner asking his advice about returning to Israeli:
'5t'orke-Steiner replied in effect as fol¬ lows: "You have made a fool of your¬ self once. That's enough." A Tasty Dinner The ¦ incident, I am told, happened on the East Side the other day. It was at a rather strange sort, of restaurant, strange in the sense tliat you had to buy the check for your "blue plate" before sitting down to eat. ,
A well-known Jewish figure went in, bought a check and sat dow.n to eat. The. waiter brought the food. The would-be diner looked at it and didn't like it at all.
¦'Say, waiter," he said, "tal^e this meat back." "What will you have instead?" "Well," said the diner, "can I have a cigar instead?" ...
"Surely," said the waiter. . '¦'And how about the compote?   Don't you want that ?"
"No," said the diner, "I'll make two telephone .calls for that." Attachment The hold that Louis Lipsky has on his followers is remarkable. Walking home the other day after a certain meeting, a discussion arose with respect to an issue debated at the" meeting. One in the group commented on the vote which had been a Lipsky victory,
"Listen," said the other,' ."you won't get any votes against Lipsky,"
Personally, I felt that irrespective of personalities, the vote had been a sound one, but nevertheless, I could not help see tbat the espousal of one side or an¬ other of an issue by Lipsky was per se enough to swing many votes.
The peculiar thing about the Lipsky following is that the attachment seems the strongest among the circle closest to him. This might on the surface appear the normal thing. Actually, I do not be¬ lieve that such is the general rule. No man, as the adage says, is a hero to his valet. But in the.case of Lipsky, it seems to hold good.
There is a story told' about the follow¬ ers of old Henry Clay, One of them re¬ marked that he would vote for Henry Clay as long as. Clay lived—and after Clay died, he would vote for Clay's ex¬ ecutors. I imagine that there is much the same feeling among the Lipsky fol¬ lowers, Hana Kohn
The news that Dr. Hans Kohn is com¬ ing to Vassar is very gratifying.
Dr. Kohn is a German professor, who also taiiyht for some time at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was par¬ ticularly known in Palestine for his es¬ pousal of the Brith Shalom—the project to tie together Jew and Arab in Pales¬ tine in a bond of ¦ unity—that should '" transcend the political,
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Emma Goldman to Lecture at Memorial Hall Marcli 15
A new deal c;imc to Eniina Goldman, famous idealist, in the form of a permis¬ sion to return to the United States for ninety days for the purpose.^ of visiting hcr rcltivcs and making a lecture tour. The audience will hear Miss Goldman when she speaks in Memorial Hall on Thursday evening, March lo, will thcm- .¦iclvcs again profit hy the new deal for Iicre is a woman unirpiely qualified to talk on the interesting questions of the day.
Emma Gnklnian, whose fifteen years of exile from the United States have bten spent in the foreign conntricg on whose conditions she will speak, has long since iirovcn herself a speaker of gi-cat merit; In ¦ fact it w-'is this very power as an orator that was her undoing and was responsible for her being sent into exile.
In ini7 when the whole world was mad with the demands of war, and when sol¬ diers were being conscripted to fulfill that demand, Emma Goldman took the stand against conscription and the draft.
She xvaa opposed to force in any form. As a child she had seen the Russian youths literally' snatched from the arms of their wceiHng mothers and conscripted to the Russian Arni^'—many of them never to return to their homes. Her hatred of militarism in any form was horn of an early experience with its cruelties.
AH the impassioned love of humanity which has always, been the motivating force in Emma Goldman's life, rebelled against seeing American youth forced to war, and in hcr inimitable oratory she declaimed against the draft, with the result that she was sentenced to two years in prison and then deportation,
Although Emma Goldman comes to Columbus, not as an agitator, but as a lecturer, her famous spirit is still in evi¬ dence and her brilliant manner of speech is as effective on the lecture platform as it was from the soap box.
Mail orders now bein-^ received at .Heaton's  Music  Store.
INFANTS' HOME OF OHIO
The board and kiddies wish to thank ] the following donors: a valentine treat' from Mrs, Sam Meisner; in memory of II. J. Harris from Mr. and Mrs. J. U- Nobil and Mr. and Mrs. J. Goldstein; a contribution in memory of Abe S. JA~ cobs of Gallipolis from Mrs. Hattie Hoff¬ man of Cleveland. The Junior Board of the Infants' Home entertained'the kid- ihea with a Valentine's party,
Mrs. B. J. Hoffman gave a George Washington party for the children in honor of her daugliter Ailccn's ninth birthday; a treat for the children from Miss Gloria Maybrook; infants' clothing from Mrs. Sam Shinback.
Do come and sec our children. Sun¬ days from 3 to G p, m.
HIS PASSING MOURNED BY COLUMBUS JEWRY
Purim Masquerade for T. L
Religious School Pupils,
Sunday Evening
Temple Sisterhood Purim Ball
to Take Place at City
Club Sunday
Everything is in readiness for the elab¬ orate Purim Ball which is Ijcing spon¬ sored by the Rose E. Lazarus Sister¬ hood Sunday, March -Ith, at the Winding Hollow City Club, From the number of tickets sold, a very large attendance is expected. Mrs, Sam Meisner, chair¬ man of the Ways and Means Cgmmittee, and her co-chairmen, Mesdames Allan Gunderslieimer, L. J. Goodman, Harry Frosh, W. A. Hersch, E, J. Schanfarber, S. W. Goldsmith, and Clara Goodman,, have put forth every effort to provide entertainment for everyone.
Allan Hale's nine-piece orchestra has been engaged to furnish the music for dancing. For those guests who do not wish to dahce, cards and mah jong will he arranged for thCm.   Another note of
The Week in Review
By MiUoii Brown
Austria
Uncertainty, unrest and the fear of im- licndiuK disaster is the lot of the thou¬ sand-year-old Austro-Jewish comniunity in the troublous period through which Anslria is passing. While Chancellor Dollfuss'and his second in command, Ma¬ jor Emil Fey, conlintic their attempts to reassure the Jews and incidentally, for¬ eign opinion so important to the Dollfuss regime, that the government has no in¬ tention of taking any steps against the Austrian Jews, leaders of the Christian Socialists, the clerical groups and the leaders of the anti-Semitic Fascist Heim¬ wehr aiiiiounce that they are fighting for- a "German Christian state'', with two classes of citizens. The Jews arc to be in the second or lower class. A strong faction in the Dollfuss Government seems bent  on   introducing  severe   restrictions
Nathan Finkcl&tcin
In lliu sudden ilcmise last Saturday iiiuriiin:! of Mr. Nathan Finkclstein at llirj ;ii;e of 03, the CoUmibus Jewish coin- tniriiify lias lost one of its most highly Inspected and beloved citizens, ' The ex- ncniely cold weather Sunday afternoon did not prevent the' hundrtxis of men and u<iiiica  whti   filled   the   Agudath   Acliim
.! LaiiKrcgation   to   capacity   lo   pay   their
interest is that heautifvd door prizes wiULg^j^st the Jews,- but without the Nazi be awarded. General admission tickets Ljoience. It is significant that the Hcim- arc $1.00 each, and can be obtained from] ^^,^11^    which   insists   on   anti-Semitism,
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O doubt Celia Adlcr has many interests. Yet the advancement of the Yiddish drama is closest to her heart. A few days.; ugo she was offered two engagements in New York shows, roles that could give her wide publicity and fat salaries. She refused. For this red-haired Jewish actress is the daughter of the late Jacob P, Adler (praised for his portrayal of Shylock), who was a pioneer in the Yiddish the- jitcr. , That should explain everything, in¬ cluding the fact that Cclia Adler is one of the finest actresses in the Jewish .\Tt, Theater., ¦       .
On Sunday afternoon, March -Ith, atj 2 o'clock, the Senior Sisterhood of the! East Broad Street Temple will stage a| Purim Masquerade party  for the chil-^ { dren of the Sunday School, in the Social 1 Hall of the East Broad Street Temple.    ' All parents arc urged and invited tol attend this affair, and an interesting pro¬ gram designed for th^ entertainment of ,.^^, ^^..^^^^^ ^^ ^,^j^ ^^^^^^^„ ^^ j^^.^^j the   Sunday   School   children  has  been, ^^.^j^,^.  Monlecai Hirschsprung delivered prepared, and a most pleasant afternoon „^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ spoke at length of the IS assured to all,.according to Mrs. Ben   ^^^^^^^jl^^^^j^i^^   ^^^j^.  1^^   ^,^j^   ^^i^^,^^^  j,^ .Grossman at 844 Seymour Avenue and q^^j^^^j, Jewry during his  forty years Mrs. Aaron G. Hassell at 263 S. Ard-|j„ t;o]uinbus.
more Road, chairmen in charge of this     ^j^^   Finkelstein had been actively til- party for the children. ! a-r^st^d in almost every branch of Iccal A group of thirty  prizes have beeii jajmniunal affairs.    For many yeai-s'the obtained tq be awarded to tiiose children \-iwr and those in need found in bim a
willing and ready helper. He was a mah of unbounded sympathies an drcady char¬ ily, Even though the depression bad m'iitcd many hardships for him, hts Roiierosity never ceased. -. His advice as one of the leaders of the Agudath Achim Dingregation was always sought with the assurance tiiat such would he given ^.ireely, wisely and ¦without fear .or favor. The deceased was a past president df the Agudath Achim Congregation, a life trustee and a director of the Co- lijmbus Hebrew School, and a member o^ the B'nai B'rith, Woodmen of the World, Voliner ¦ Society, Mizrachi, and Zionist Organization. \ Surviving him are two sons, Carl, Dayton, Ohio; Herman pf Columbus; three daughters, Mrs. M, E. MathlesV, and Dorothy of this city; Mrs. Wm. Goldberg of Oil City^ Pa., and seven grandchildren,
having the prettiest, most unusual, the most comical and most original costumes. This party is always a most enjoyable one and looked forward to by all the children. Bring them Sunday afternoon and let them share in the spirit of the Pnrira season. Cake and ice cream will be served the children.
Celia Adler; Who Plays Here Tonight At The Hartman,
Won't Leave Jewish Theater For
Broadway Or The Movies
CELIA ADLER
Miss Adler, who plays here tonight at the Hartman Theater in "The For¬ gotten," is one of the fotmders of the Jewish theater. You niight say that sht has acted most of her life on the Yid¬ dish stage, for she was carried on at the age of six nionths in the arms of her famous actress-mother,  Diana Fcinmau.
One thing troubles Celia Adler. She fears for the future of tbe Jewish tin; ater. Uealizin;.; that, few good Yiddish play,s are being written, that their best
acting talent is going over to the movies or other theaters, she said, "What we need is a complete reorganization. Paul Muni would never have left us if he had been given, the right kind of plays and suitable roles. He was happy in the Jewish theater as long as he could be in sympathy with his parts. That's why I think we need a change, and we need it before it's too late."
^Married three years ago to Jacob Cone, actor and manager, Celia is a happy woman. Her -first marriage took place when she was 17, but she divorced hcr husband several years later. As lo her age—"I've been telling fibs so long about it," she laughed, "that I don't know my¬ self. Let me figure it up. Yes, I'm about 30 years old. And I ncv longer care alwut deceiving myself or anyone else.    It's too" much trouble, anyway."
Strange as it may seem, once upon a time Celia A<Iler wanted with all hcr heart and soul to be a school-teacher. That mood came, upon her when she was 15, a gawky, awkward schoolgirl. She was tired ¦ of trouping with hcr mother in Europe, for they were so well known that thej" gave command performances before kings and queens. And she was finding it ixiinful to.grow up; adolescence made her unsure and distrustful of her own abilities. Teaching .seemed a nice, quiet haven. "I used to gather all the children in my neighborhood and hold make-believe school. Somehow I had a way of explaining things clearly so that the smallest could understand. Besides, I loved children.. .and yet, it might have been that I was trying tp stay a child as lung as I could. I know tliat 1 was quite miserable in an adult world."
After a couple of years there appeared the perfect role for Celia. . Her father and mother begged her to fake it. But they bad to do a lot of pleading before she said yes. Not that she disliked iu:t- ing; she was scared to death. The big night canic, and the first act seemed only a distorte<l arrangement of faces and scenery. There was such tremendous ap¬ plause that she had to take several cur¬ tain calls, but the young girl kept hcr eyes shut, bowing blindly, afraid to face tlie cheering audience. It was not un¬ til she passed the dressing room of the star who called out: "I.think you have great talent I" that Celia felt suddenly inspired. Since then nothing has been able to lure her from the theater. "How do I study for a part? Well, (Conlintied on page 4)
Agudath Achim Congregation
to Present Interesting Purim
Program Sunday Evening
any member of tbe committee or through the Temple Secretary, FAirfax 78^18,
Remember to be present at the Purim Ball to be held Sunday night, March 4th, from 9 to 12, at the Winding Hol¬ low City Club, A rare treat is in store for all. The proceeds realized from this affair will enable the Sisterhood to meet its many obligations incurred in serving the cause of Temple Israel; This ball is intended for everyone of high school age and over.
Patrons Announced The patrons for this affair are; Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hersch, Mr. and Mrs. Al Harmon, Mi^. and Mrs. Allen Gundersheimcr, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gumble, Mrs, Sig Orn¬ stein, Mrs. Isaac Wolf, Mr. and Mrs. Sol Levy, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Freiden¬ berg, Mr. and Mrs. Leon J, Goodman, Mrs. Frank Glick,. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Franc, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Fleischer,.Mrs. I. A. Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. Morrey Greenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Madi¬ son, Mr. and Mrs, Hiram.Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Lester K. Allman, Mr. and MrSi Alfred J.. Kobacker.
Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Kraus, Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Schiff, Mn and Mrs. Julius Steinhauser, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lazanis, Mr. Fred Lazarus, Dr. and Mrs. Louis Mark, Mr, and Mrs. Sam Summer, Mr. Leo Mark,.Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Meisner, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zeiger, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin J. Schan¬ farber, Mr. and Mrs. Max' Reiser, Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Levy, Mr. and Mrs, Harry Ratner, Mr. Simon Lazarus.
Mr. and -Mrs. Arthur Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Schiff^ Mr. Milton Sim¬ mons, Mrs! Edna Hofmayer, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Isaac, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Resler, Mr. and Mrs,- Simon Jacobs, Mrs. Nathan Herskowitz, Dr. and Mrs. E. J- Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Joseph, Mr, and Mrs. Max Gumble,
A Purim program will be held in the social hall of the Agudath Achim Con¬ gregation  Sunday evening,  March.4th; a    ct to which the entire membership of the|   IsaaC lOppCr PaSSeS At 67
Congregation   and   their    fathiltes   and friends are cordially invited.    Members
of the Sunday School will participate in the play, "Esther the Queen," under the direction of Miss Ida 3yalos. Another play to be presented on that evening will be "Hi-Jirtx," in which members of, the post-confirmation class will take part un¬ der the direction of Fred Yenkin. Miss Leah Metchnick and Miss Ziskind are in charge of recitations to be giveu by children of the Sunday School classes.
The program will commence at 7:30 p. m. promptly, and everyone is asked to be on time. •
AVUKAH PURIM PARTY AT HILLEL SAT. EVENING
Miss Dorothy Handler has been ap pointed chairman for the Avukah Purim party to be held at the Hillel Foundation Saturday evening, March 3rd. She will be assisted by Sylvia Rich, Bess Marks, Cecelia Schalit, Morris Bleich, Joe Adams, Charles Levine, and Al Freed¬ man.
The form of entertainment will he dancing and bridge. A novel program will be presented by campus students. Refreshments will be served. Members as well as non-members of Aviiikah are cordially invited.  Admission will be lOc.
Rabbi Zelizer's Sermons
We regret to annouJice the death of Isaac Topper, aged 67, which occui-ed Monday at his home, IG'JS Bryden Rqad, after a six, weeks' illness. Mr. Topper was a Hfc-Iong resident of Columbus and until' six years ago was president of the Topper Bros. Iron Co.
For many years past; Mr. Topper,had been actively interested in ahnost every branch of local communal efforts. His excellent work in directing the raising of relief funds in Columhus during the 1913 flood was most commendable. He was also active in politics for many years.
The deceased was a charter member of the Charity Newsies, a contributing niember of the- Columbus Hebrew School and past president of the Agudath. Acliim congregation. He also belonged to the B'nai B'rith, York LotJ^'e and Couiicil of Masons, Capital Lodge of Odd Fel¬ lows, Maccabees at Toledo and Baron Hirsch No. 10, and Bryden Road Tem¬ ple. "¦
Surviving him are his widow, Regina; two daughters, Mrs. I. J. Goldberg, at home, and Mrs. Charles Friedenberg, 1311 Wliitethorne Ave.; three grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. H. Romanoff, Mi- ami, Fla., and Mrs. Nate Beniungson, 1097 S. Ohio Ave. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Schoedin¬ ger Chapel with Rabbis Gup, Tarshish and Hirschsprung officiating.
Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will speak at the East Broad Street Temple on Friday, March 9th, at 8 p. m., on the theme "Steady, My Friend, Steady." Cantor Grodner will conduct the services. All are welcome.
For this Friday evening, March 2nd, the rabbi has chosen "Modern Hamans," a Purim sermon.
Council of Jewish Women
.An Open Meeting and Night Club En- tei;tainment by the local section, Council of Jewish Women, will be held Tuesday, March dth, at 2;00 P. M., at the Bryden Road Temple. Mrs. H. H. Cohen will present her group of entertainers. Re¬ freshments will be served. Admission price is two articles for the Thrift Shop,
is heavily armed and lias led the Chan¬ cellor to repudiate, to some extent, his own party, the Christian Socialists.  M. A. Tenenblatt, chief Austrian correspondent of the Jewisli Telegraphic Agency, was expelled from the country after living in Vienna for sixteen years.    The Dollfuss Government objected to his  dispatches. No charges were filed against the news¬ paperman.    He had been warned earlier, that the tenor of his, dispatches was not pleasing to the Dollfuss Government. . . . More than 5,000 Jewish faniilies face im¬ mediate starvation.    In the drive to rid the state and municipal administrations of Socialists, Jewish employees were sum¬ marily dismissed although they were not Socialists.,   None of the vacancies thus created was filled with Jewish supporters of Dollfuss.    In all cases, Heimwehr.or Christian  Socialists received  the i>osts. The Viemia Jewish community is making arrangements to feed these new Jewish poor from  funds donated  for the pur¬ pose.   Dr. Emmerich: Czermak, leader of  , the  Christian' Socialists,  speaking at  a party conference, repeated the canard.so assiduously   spread  by  the/government, dunrtg' the:fighl.ing that the .JewrsK~5o- cialists leaders had fled like cowards from the fighting, leaving the workers to-die v.¦ on the barricades. . At the same time he was making the speech a court martial sentenced   the   Jewish   Socialist   leader Urdler to twenty years imprisonment Jor   ¦ participation iii the fighting. Gjermany From Berlin comes, news of an casing of restrictive measures against Jews in industry.    However, since the measures came from the central government itself, it remains to be seen, how much atten¬ tion  provincial  Nazi  organizations  will . pay to orders from Berlin. . ., .In East Prussia, the Nazi land commissar told the peasants to trade with whomever they please, "Aryans or non'-Aryans."   He de¬ clared that attempts to exert pressure on . the i>easahts would be regarded as sabot¬ aging the upbuilding of the  state and would be treated accordingly. ... The    : semi-olEcial traveling magazine published by the government-owned railways car¬ ries a mimber of Jewish advertisements of Jewish hotels including some in which the   Mogen  David   is   prominently  dis¬ played.    Thus   the   widespread   boycott against Jewish advertisements seems defi-    ¦ nitely broken. . . . Jewish organizations hi Germany seem to be adopting a some¬ what firmer tone.   .This week the Cen¬ tral Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith announced that it was un¬ dertaking the protection of Jewish com¬ mercial representatives recently expelled from trade associations under the "Aryan clause". . . , A special section was estab¬ lished by the Central  Union to secure full   legal   protection   for  tbe   expelled men. . . , The Jewish Land and Handir craft group supported by the powerful Gernian  Jewish  organization announced the establishment of communal homes for German Jewish youths determined to stay in Germany and learn new trades and occupations.  .  .  ,  The group hopes to shift the interest of German Jewish youth from the professions to agriculture and artisanship. . . . From Munich, Theodore Habicht, Hitler's "Inspector General for Austria," gave the Austrian government a  period  of  grace  during  which they could form an alliance with the Na.zts. If the ultimatum was ignored he threat¬ ened active and aggressive measures. Palestine The Arlosoroff hearing still holds the center of interest in Palestine.    Defense Counsel Samuel declared that he intends to prove that the bullet which killed Dr. Arlosoroff was fired from the Arab, Ab¬ dul Mejid's revolver;   It is thought that the long drawn out  hearing  may end within a fortnight. . . . Hebrew daily papers point out that while the govern¬ ment with an enormous budget surplus on hand continues to fear unemployment, (Conlinned on page 4)
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